GEOFFREY, surnamed PLANTAGENET, COUNT d'ANJOU, born 1113, died 1151. King
Henry I, of England, in despair over loss of his son, William, Duke of Normandy,
who was drowned in the sinking of a ship off the coast of France, sought the aid
of GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET, one of the most powerful princes of France, a noble
person, with "elegant and courtly manners and a reputation for gallantry in
the field". Approving the marriage of his daughter MATILDA with GEOFFREY,
King Henry personally invested him with Knighthood, and expressed the hope that
all Englishmen would give them full allegiance. The Barons took the oath to
uphold the succession of Matilda and Geoffrey and their children after them.
Thus Geoffrey heads the line of English Kings which bear his Plantagenet name.
The friends of Geoffrey were unaware that their playful nickname for him of
Plantagenet would live through the years. The story is told that while disguised
in battle and to make himself known to his followers, he leaned from his horse
and grasped a sprig of "plante de genet", the common broom corn, and
thrust it in his helmet. Thus he derived his popular title. As eldest son of
FULK V, KING OF JERUSALEM, and his wife, LRMENGARDE, daughter of HELIAS, Count
of Maine, Geoffrey was of the House of Angevin Kings, which had been prominent
for three centuries. (Note: Arms of Fulk V, King of Jerusalem pictured on page
201, Magna Charta.)

Geoffrey's descent from the House of Angevin Kings follows:

(1)THERTULLUS, COUNT of ANJOU, wife PETRONELLA, daughter of Conrad, Count of
Paris; (2) INGELERUS I, Count of Anjou, married Adsline of Challon; (3) FULK,
"the red", born 888, died 938, wife Roscilla of Blois; (4) FULK II,
The Good, Count of Anjou, died 958, married Gerberga of Catinais; (5) GEOFFREY
I, Count of Anjou, died 21 July 987, married Adelaide de Vermandois, also known
as Adelaide de Chalons, born 950, died 975-78; (6) FULK III, "the
Black" Count of Anjou, born 970, died 21 June 1040, married, second, after
1000, Hildegarde, who died 1 April 1109, married, fifth, Bertrade de Montfort;
(9) FULK V, "The Young", Count of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, born 1092;
died 10 Nov. 1143, who, as above stated, was the father of GEOFFREY V "PLANTAGENET",
Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, who, on 3 April 1127, married MATILDA of
ENGLAND, daughter of HENRY I, of England.

NOTE: Also being given below, is the descent of Geoffrey V of Anjou, (called
"Plantagenet") husband of Matilda (Maud), of England, from KING EDWARD
THE GREAT.

GENEALOGY OF GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET (born 1113, died 7 Sept. 1151, from Aedd
Mawr,) (KING EDWARD THE GREAT), who appears to have lived about 1300 B.C. (the
line of BOAZ and RUTH) to WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, whose Genealogy back to ROLLO
the DANE, is given above: (1) KING EDWARD the GREAT, his son; (2) BRYDAIN, who
settled in the island at an early date, and, according to tradition, gave his
name to the entire island, which has since been corrupted into
"Britain". His son; (3) ANNYN TRO, his son; (4) SELYS HEN, his son;
(5) BRWT, his son; (6) CYMRYW, his son; (7) ITHON, his son; (8) GWEYRYDD, his
son; (9) PEREDUR, his son; (10) LLYFEINYDD, his son; (11) TEUGED, his son; (12)
LLARIAN, in whose day London was a considerable town, having been founded B.C.
1020, or earlier, as some hold, at least 270 yrs before the founding of Rome;
his son; (13) ITHEL, his son; (14) ENIR FARDD, his son; (15) CALCHWYDD, his son;
(16) LLYWARCH, his son; (17) IDWAL, his son; (18) RHUN, his son; (19) BLEDDYN,
his son; (20) MORGAN, his son; (21) BERWYN, his son; (22) CERAINT FEDWW, an
irreclaimable drunkard, deposed by his subjects for setting fire, just before
harvest, to the cornfields of Siluris, now Monmouthshire, his son; (23) BRYWLAIS;
his son; (24) ALAFON, his son; (25) ANYN, his son; (26) DINGAD, his son; (27)
GREIDIOL, his son; (28) CERAINT, his son; (29) MEIRION, his son; (30) ARCH,
his son; (31) CAID, his son; (32) CERI, his son; (33) BARAN, his son; (34) LLYR,
(KING LEAR). He was educated in Rome by Augustus Caesar, his son; (35) BRAN,
KING of SILURIA. In the year A.D. 36, he resigned the crown to his son Caradoc,
and became Arch-Druid of the college of Siluria. During his seven years in Rome,
he became the first royal convert to Christianity and was baptized by the
Apostle Paul, as was his son, Cardoc and the latter's two sons, Cyllinus and
Cynon (he introduced the use of vellum into England). his son; (36) CARADOC (CARACTACUS),
was King of Siluria, (Monmouthshire, ect.), his son; (37) ST. CYLLIN, King of
Siluria. He first of the Cymry, gave infants names, for before, names were not
given except to adults. His brother, Linus, the Martyr; his sister Claudia and
her husband Rufus Pudent, aided the apostle Paul in the Christian Church in
Rome. As recorded in II Timothy 4:21 and Romans 16:13, Rufus Pudens and St. Paul
are shown to be half-brothers, children of the same mother, they had different
fathers; Paul, by a Hebrew husband and Rufus, by a second marriage with a Roman
Christian. His son; (38) PRINCE COEL, son of Cyllin was living A.D. 120; his
son;

(39) KING LLEUVER MAWR, (Lucius the Great), the second Blessed Sovereign,
married Gladys, whose ancestry for eight immediate past generations is as
follows; (a) CAPOIR, whose son was; (b) BELI (HELI) THE GREAT, died B.C. 72,
whose son; (c) LUD, died B.C. 62, his son; (d) TENUANTIUS, his son; (e)
CYNVELINE (Cymbeline), King of Britain. He was educated in Rome by Augustus
Caesar, and later, forestalled the invasion of the island. His eleventh son; (f)
AVIRAGUN, King of Britain, lived in Avalon, the renowned enemy of Rome; married
VENISSA JULIA, daughter of TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS CAESAR, EMPEROR OF ROME, who was
the grandson of MARK ANTONY. The son of Aviragus and Venissa Julia was; (g)
MERIC, (Marius,), King of Britain, married the daughter of QUEEN BOADICEA
(VICTORIA.) THey had a daughter; (h) EURGEN, of whom later, and a son Coel, who
became King of Britain in 125. OLD KING COLE was a "merry old soul",
educated in rome, built Colchester (Coel-Castra), and died A.D. 170. (h)EURGEN,
(see above), the said daughter of Meric, (Marius) and his wife, the daughter of
Boadicea, had, as above stated, Gladys, who became the wife of No. 39 (see
above), Lleuver Mawr (Lucius the Great) who changed the established religion of
Britain from DRUIDISM to CHRISTIANITY. The daughter of Lucius the Great and his
wife, Gladys, was;

(40) GLADYS, who became the wife of Cadvan, of Cambria, Prince of Wales.
Their daughter; (41) STRADA, the FAIR, married Coel, a later King of Colchester,
living A.D. 232. Their daughter; (42) HELEN of the CROSS, (The Arms of
Colchester were a "cross with three crowns"), Helen was born 248, died
328 and became the wife of CONSTANTIUS I, afterward Emperor of Rome, and, in
right of his wife, King of Britain. He was born 242, died 306. Their son; (43)
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, born 265, died 336. Of British birth, he is known as the
first CHRISTIAN EMPEROR. The greatest of all Roman Emperors, he annexed Britain
to the Roman Empire, his son; (44) CONSTANTIUS II, died in 360, his son; (45)
CONSTANTIUS III, married Placida, died in 421, his son; (46) VALENTINIAN III,
died in 455. His daughter; (47) EUDOXIA, married Hunneric, who died in 480. her
son; (48) HILDERIC, King of the Vandals in 525, his daughter; (49) HILDA,
married Frode VII, who died 548; her son; (50) HALFDAN, KING OF DENMARK, his
son; (51)IVAR VIDFADMA, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN in 660 his son: (52) RORIC
SLINGEBAND, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN in 700, his son; (53) HARALD HILDETAND,
KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN in 725, his son; (54) SIGURD RING, living in 750, his
son; (55) RAYNER LODBROCK, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN, died in 794, married
Aslanga, his son; (56) SIGURD SNODOYE, KING of DENMARK and SWEDEN, died 830, his
son; (57) HORDA KNUT, KING of DENMARK, died in 850, his son; (58) FROTHA, KING
of DENMARK, died 875, his son; (59) GORM ENSKE, married Sida and died in 890,
his son; (60) HAROLD PARCUS, KING of DENMARK, whose wife was Elgiva, daughter of
ETHEIRED I, King of England, (a brother of King Alfred The Great), his son; (61)
GORM del CAMMEL, KING of DENMARK, died in 931. His wife was Thyra, his son; (62)
HAROLD BLAATAND, KING of DENMARK, died in 981, his daughter; (63) LADY GUNNORA,
wife of Richard I, third Duke of Normandy, born 933, died 996. They had (beside
their son Richard II ((see later)), a son; (64) ROBERT d'EVEREUX, the
Archbishop, who died in 1087, his son; (65) RICHARD, Count d'Evereux, died 1067,
his daughter, (66) AGNES EVEREUX, who became the wife of Simon l de Montfort,
her daughter; (67) BERTRADE MONTFORT, became the wife of FULK IV, Count d'Anjou,
born 1043, died 1109. The said Fulk IV's descent from OLD KING COLE is as
follows;

THE FRANKISH KINGS

OLD KING COLE, son of Meric (MARIUS) (g) above mentioned, was the father of,
(1) ATHILDIS, wife of Marcomir IV, King of Franconia, who died 149. They had (2)
CLODOMIR IV, King of the Franks, died 166, married Hasilda, their son; (3) KING
FARABERT, died 186, his son; (4) KING SUNNO, died 213, his son; (5) KING
HILDERIC, died 253, his son; (6) KING PARTHERUS, died 272, his son; (7) KING
CLOLIUS III, died 298, his son; (8) KING WALTER, died 306, his son; (9) KING
DAGOBERT, died 317, his son; (10) GENEBALD I Duke of the East Franks, died 350,
his son; (11) KING DAGOBERT, died 379, his son; (12) KING CLODIUS I, died 389,
his son; (13) KING MARCOMIR, died 404, his son; (14) KING PHAROMOND, married
Argotta, daughter of Genebald, their son; (15) KING CLODIO, married Basina de
Thuringia, and died 455, their son; (16) SIGERMERUS I, married the daughter of
Ferreolus Tomantius, his son; (17) FERREOLUS, married Deuteria, a Roman lady,
their son; (18) AUSBERT, died 570, married Blitheldes, daughter of Clothaire I,
King of France, and his wife Ingonde, and grand-daughter of CLOVIS THE GREAT,
King of France, born 466, baptized at Rheims, and died 511, and his wife
Clothilde, of burgundy, "The girl of the French Vineyards". It was she
who led him to embrace Christianity, and three thousand of his followers were
baptized in a single day. When Clovis first listened to the story of Christ's
Crucifixion, he was so moved that he cried, "If I had been there with my
valiant Franks, I would have avenged Him". Ausbert and Blithildes were the
parents of (19) ARNOUL, Bishop of Ketz, died 601, married Oda de Savoy and had
(20) ST. ARNOLPH, Bishop of Metz, died 641, married Lady Dodo and had, (21)
ACHISEA, married Begga of Brabant, who died 698, their son; (22) PEPIN
d'HERISTAL, Mayor of the Palace, died 714, who married Alpais.

The royal successors of CLOVIS were woefully inefficient. They left the rule
of their kingdom to their Mayors of the Palace, and only showed themselves to
the people once a year, at the March Parliament, when, adorned with crowns and
their fair hair flowing loose to their waists, they rode on a car drawn by oxen.
As they did little but eat and drink and enjoy themselves, they went by the name
of the sluggard kings, all power being in the hands of the Mayors of the Palace.
Among these Mayors, PEPIN of HERISTAL made himself conspicuous. His home was
near Spa in the woodland country around Liege. He made the office hereditary in
his family. His heroic son, (23) CHARLES MARTEL, the Hammer, Mayor of the
Palace, King of France, was still more famous, because, in the decisive Battle
of Tours in 732, he utterly routed the Arabs, who had conquered Spain and the
south of France. Charles Martel Married Rotrude and died in 741. His son, (24)
PEPIN THE SHORT (or PEPIN le BREF, King of France, died in 768, leaving by his
wife Bertha, of Laon, a son;

(25) CHARLEMAGNE, Charles the Great, born 2 April 742, probably at Aix-La-Chapelle,
the greatest figure of the Middle ages, King of the Franks. Charlemagne and his
younger brother, Carloman, succeeded to equal portions to one of the most
powerful of European kingdoms, bounded by the Pyrenccs, the Alps, the
Mediterranean and the Ocean. Carloman, the younger brother, died soon after the
death of their father, Pepin The Short, and with the consent of the great
nobles, Charlemagne became King. Desiderius, the King of Lombardy, had made
large encroachments upon the states of the Roman Pontiff, whose cause was taken
up by Charlemagne. This led to feuds, which Bertha, his mother, endeavored to
appease by arranging a marriage between her son and the daughter of the Lombard.
But Charlemagne soon took a disgust to the wife thus imposed upon him, and
repudiated her, that he might marry Hildegarde, born 757, died 30 April 782, the
daughter of a noble family in Suabin. By his wife, Hildegarde, he had a son:
(26) LOUIS I, the DEBONAIRE, who by his second wife, Judith, was the father of
Gisela, ancestress of Hugh Capet, King of France and of JAMICIA, wife of RICHARD
de CLARE, MAGNA CHARTA SURETY. Louis I, by his first wife Ermengarde, who died
818, daughter of Ingram, Count of Basbania, was father of (27) LOTHAIRE, Earl of
Germany, who married Ermengarde of Alsace, and had (28) ERMENGARDE, who was the
wife of Giselbert. Their son; (29) REGUIER I, Count of Hainault, died 916, who
married Albreda, their son; (30) CISELBERT, Duke of Lorraine, married Gerlerga
and died 930, their daughter; (31) ALBREDA of LORRAINE, wife of Renaud, Count de
Roucy, who died 973, their daughter; (32) ERWENTRUDE ROUCY, married Alberic II,
Count de Macon, who died 975, their daughter; (33) BEATRICE MACON, married
Geoffrey I de Castenais, their son; (34) GEOFFREY II de CASTINAIS, married
Ermengarde de Anjou, their son; (35) FULK IV, Count of Anjou, born 1043, died
1109, married Bertrade de Montfort (no. 67 above), their son (36) FULK V, Count
d'anjou, who, as elsewhere stated (above) was the father of GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET,
who married MATILDA of ENGLAND, a great-great-great-grand daughter of RICHARD I,
Duke of Normandy and his wife, Lady Cunnora. Matilda's descent from Richard I,
Duke of Normandy is as follows: (1) RICHARD I, Duke of Normandy, his son; (2)
RICHARD II, Duke of Normandy, died 1026, married Judith de Brdtagne, their son;
(3) ROBERT the MAGNIFICENT, also known as Robert the Devil, who, by Herleve
Falaise, had WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, father of King Henry I of England, who had
Matilda, Wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet.

NOTE: WURTS' MAGNA CHARTA, pp. 158-168 inclusive, gives sixty nine
Generations of lineal descent from No. 1, Edward the Great, (Aedd Mawr) to No.
69, Geoffrey Plantagenet. This also shows Geoffrey's descent from the FRANKISH
KINGS, Nos. 1, to and including 35; also his descent from No. (b) (HELI) Beli
the Great through LUD, through TUANTIUS, through CYNVELIN (CYMBELINE), through
AVIRAGUS, through MERIC (MARIUS), through EURGEN, through GLADYS, wife of No.
39, (LLEUVER MAWR) LUCIUS THE GREAT. And page 168 Wurt's Magna Charta shows that
both Geoffrey Plantagenet and his wife, Matilda, or Maud, of England, were
descendants of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, who as above stated, was descended from
CHARLEMAGNE.

Notes for Matilda of England:

Descent from CHARLEMAGNE to MATILDA, or Maud, of England, wife of GEOFFREY
PLANTAGENET;

(1) CHARLEMAGNE and wife, Hildegarde had a son; (2) PEPIN, born 776, died 8
July 810, before his father. He was crowned by the Pope in 781, King of Lombardy
and Italy, married Bertha, daughter of William, Count of Toulouse, his son; (3)
BERNHARD, King of Lombardy, succeeded his father about the year 812, he was
deposed by his Uncle Louis, blinded and put to death. By his wife Cunegonde, he
had a son; (4) PEPIN, who was deprived of the throne by his Uncle Louis,
Emperor, called the Debonair, and received a part of Vermandois and the
Seignouries of St. Quentin and Peronne. His son; (5) PEPIN, Pepin de Senlis de
Valois, Count Berengarius, of Bretagne, who was living in 893, the father of (6)
LADY POPPA, (puppet or doll), who became the first wife of ROLLO the DANE, first
Duke of Normandy. Their son; (7) WILLIAM LONGSWORD, was father of (8) RICHARD
the FEARLESS, father of; (9) RICHARD II, "the Good", whose son; (10)
ROBERT "THE DEVIL", sixth Duke of Normandy, who, by Herleve de falaise,
daughter of the Tanner, Fulbert de Falaise, had a son; (11) WILLIAM THE
CONQUEROR, born at Falaise in 1027, father of HENRY I, KING of ENGLAND, WHO WAS
THE LAST OF THE NORMAN KINGS. (Magna Charta 178, 182, 183)

She was designated Henry's heir, and on his death (1135), Stephen siezed the
throne and Matilda invaded England (1139) inuagurating a period of
inconclusive civil war. She and he second husband (Geoffrey) captured
normandy
and in 1152 the Treaty of Wallingford recognised Henry as Stephen's heir.

KING HENRY II of ENGLAND, son of Matilda, or Maud, of England and her
husband, Geoffrey Plantagenet, was born at Le Mans, 25 March 1133 and died at
Chinon, 6 July 1189. In 1152 he married Eleanor of Aquitaine, former wife of
Louis VII, of France, and daughter of William, Duke of Aquitaine. She survived
King Henry nearly three years, dying 26 June 1202. Both were buried at
Fontrevaud in Anjou. Their daughter Elennor married Alphonse IX, King of
Castile; their eldest son William, died at the age of four years, their second
son, Henry, born 28 Feb. 1155, who on 15 July 1170, by command of his father,
was crowned King of England, but died before his father, 11 July 1183, their
third son, Richard the Lion Hearted, reigned as King of England from 1189 to
1199. He was the most prominent leader on the Third Crusade to regain Jerusalem
for the Christians from the Mohammedans. He had greater military genius, but
less statesmanship than his father; was fickle, but warmhearted. His great power
was in his physical and mental capacity as a soldier, and in his strenuous and
irrepressible courage. Richard was proud, cruel and treacherous. He left the
goverment of England in the hands of his Justiciars, and was in his English
Kingdom but twice in his reign of ten years; four months at the time of his
coronation, and two months, five years later. The Third Crusade was a failure.
Richard fell out with the French King, and refused to marry his sister Alice, to
whom he had been betrothed since early childhood, but on 12 May 1191, he married
Perengaria of Navarre. HE DIED WITHOUT ISSUE. The fourth son of Henry II,
Geoffrey, had a son Arthur, who was murdered in 1203, leaving as successor to
the throne of England; (*See Note Below)

Henry II (1154-1189)

Born: 5th March 1133 at Le Mans, Maine

Died: 6th July 1189 at Chinon Castle, Anjou

Buried: Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou

Parents: Geoffrey, Count of Anjou and the Empress Matilda

Siblings: Geoffrey, Count of Nantes & William, Count of Poitou

Crowned: 19th December 1154 at Westminster Abbey, Middlesex

Married: 18th May 1152 at Bordeaux Cathedral, Gascony

Spouse: Eleanor daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitane & divorcee of
Louis VII, King of France

Henry II, first of the Angevin kings, was one of the most effective of all
England's monarchs. He came to the throne amid the anarchy of Stephen's reign
and promptly collared his errant barons. He refined Norman government and
created a capable, self-standing bureaucracy. His energy was equaled only by his
ambition and intelligence. Henry survived wars, rebellion, and controversy to
successfully rule one of the Middle Ages' most powerful kingdoms.

Henry was raised in the French province of Anjou and first visited England in
1142 to defend his mother's claim to the disputed throne of Stephen. His
continental possessions were already vast before his coronation: He acquired
Normandy and Anjou upon the death of his father in September 1151, and his
French holdings more than doubled with his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitane
(ex-wife of King Louis VII of France). In accordance with the Treaty of
Wallingford, a succession agreement signed by Stephen and Matilda in 1153, Henry
was crowned in October 1154. The continental empire ruled by Henry and his sons
included the French counties of Brittany, Maine, Poitou, Touraine, Gascony,
Anjou, Aquitane, and Normandy. Henry was technically a feudal vassal of the king
of France but, in reality, owned more territory and was more powerful than his
French lord. Although King John (Henry's son) lost most of the English holdings
in France, English kings laid claim to the French throne until the fifteenth
century. Henry also extended his territory in the British Isles in two
significant ways. First, he retrieved Cumbria and Northumbria form Malcom IV of
Scotland and settled the Anglo-Scot border in the North. Secondly, although his
success with Welsh campaigns was limited, Henry invaded Ireland and secured an
English presence on the island.

English and Norman barons in Stephen's reign manipulated feudal law to
undermine royal authority; Henry instituted many reforms to weaken traditional
feudal ties and strengthen his position. Unauthorized castles built during the
previous reign were razed. Monetary payments replaced military service as the
primary duty of vassals. The Exchequer was revitalized to enforce accurate
record keeping and tax collection. Incompetent sheriffs were replaced and the
authority of royal courts was expanded. Henry empowered a new social class of
government clerks that stabilized procedure - the government could operate
effectively in the king's absence and would subsequently prove sufficiently
tenacious to survive the reign of incompetent kings. Henry's reforms allowed the
emergence of a body of common law to replace the disparate customs of feudal and
county courts. Jury trials were initiated to end the old Germanic trials by
ordeal or battle. Henry's systematic approach to law provided a common basis for
development of royal institutions throughout the entire realm.

The process of strengthening the royal courts, however, yielded an unexpected
controversy. The church courts instituted by William the Conqueror became a safe
haven for criminals of varying degree and ability, for one in fifty of the
English population qualified as clerics. Henry wished to transfer sentencing in
such cases to the royal courts, as church courts merely demoted clerics to
laymen. Thomas Beckett, Henry's close friend and chancellor since 1155, was
named Archbishop of Canterbury in June 1162 but distanced himself from Henry and
vehemently opposed the weakening of church courts. Beckett fled England in 1164,
but through the intervention of Pope Adrian IV (the lone English pope), returned
in 1170.He greatly angered Henry by opposing to the coronation of Prince Henry.
Exasperated, Henry hastily and publicly conveyed his desire to be rid of the
contentious Archbishop - four ambitious knights took the king at his word and
murdered Beckett in his own cathedral on December 29, 1170. Henry endured a
rather limited storm of protest over the incident and the controversy passed.

Henry's plans of dividing his myriad lands and titles evoked treachery from
his sons. At the encouragement - and sometimes because of the treatment - of
their mother, they rebelled against their father several times, often with Louis
VII of France as their accomplice. The deaths of Henry the Young King in 1183
and Geoffrey in 1186 gave no respite from his children's rebellious nature;
Richard, with the assistance of Philip II Augustus of France, attacked and
defeated Henry on July 4, 1189 and forced him to accept a humiliating peace.
Henry II died two days later, on July 6, 1189.

A few quotes from historic manuscripts shed a unique light on Henry, Eleanor,
and their sons.

From Sir Winston Churchill Kt, 1675: "Henry II Plantagenet, the very
first of that name and race, and the very greatest King that England ever knew,
but withal the most unfortunate . . . his death being imputed to those only to
whom himself had given life, his ungracious sons. . ."

From Sir Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England: Concerning
endowments of mind, he was of a spirit in the highest degree generous . . . His
custom was to be always in action; for which cause, if he had no real wars, he
would have feigned . . . To his children he was both indulgent and hard; for out
of indulgence he caused his son henry to be crowned King in his own time; and
out of hardness he caused his younger sons to rebel against him . . . He married
Eleanor, daughter of William Duke of Guienne, late wife of Lewis the Seventh of
France. Some say King Lewis carried her into the Holy Land, where she carried
herself not very holily, but led a licentious life; and, which is the worst kind
of licentiousness, in carnal familiarity with a Turk."

King Henry II Plantegenet, had many illlegitimate children one of which was
William de Longespee. My ancestor. RGW.

More About HENRY
OF ENGLAND II:

Burial: Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou

Notes for ELEONORE
OF AQUITAINE:

aka; Rosamond De \Clifford\

More About ELEONORE
OF AQUITAINE:

Burial: Fontevrault Abbey, Anjou

Notes for IDA
ISABELLE
DETOENI:

Isabell (Or Ida) Plantagenet De Warren Cnts. Of Norfolk

According to Professor Yeatman, in The History of the House of Arundel, page
38, the he wife of the Roger you speak of above, as well as mother to several
children, including Mary, was Isabella (aka Ide, aka Ida, aka Elizabeth)
Plantagenet. Isabella was the daughter of Hameline Plantagenet and Isabella
Warenne, Countess of Surrey (Pedigrees of Some of Charlemagne's Descendantts pg
156).

Wife of Earl of Norfolk, Roger Bigod...From: Gayle WiWilson <gayle@inforum.net>Date:
Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:35:28 -0800Ralph L Holloway wrote:> > In tracing the
Fitzrandolph line, I came across Mary Bigod> wife of Ranulf Fitz Robert. Her
father was Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of> Norfolk, Judicar to King Richard I, and
in 1215 was among the Barons ffor> the Magna Carta. He died in 1221. His wife
was Ida.

Ida later married Roger Bigod.

Roger Bigod was appointed in 1189 by King Richard one of the Ambassadors to
King Philip of France, to obtain aid for the recovery of the Holy Land. In 1191
he was keeper of Hereford Castle. He was chief judge in the King's Court from
1195 to 1202. In 120() he was sent by King John as one of his messengers to
summon William the Lion, King of Scotland, to do homage to him in the Parliament
which was held at Lincoln, and subsequently attended King John into Poitou; but
on his return he was won over to the opposition by the rebel Barons and became
one of the strongest advocates of the Charter of Liberty, for which he was
excommunicated by Pope Innocent III He died before August 1221, having married
as his first wife, Isabella daughter of Hameline Plantagenet, who was descended
from the Earls of Warren.

Ida de Tosny was a royal ward and mistress of King Henry II, by whom she was
mother of a young son William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury) (b c.
1176-March 7, 1226). Ida was not the first English royal ward to be taken as
mistress by a King who was her guardian; that honour probably belongs to Isabel
de Beaumont (Elizabeth de Beaumont), daughter of Robert de Beaumont, who fought
at the Battle of Hastings with the Conqueror. That king's youngest son made
Beaumont's daughter his mistress. Ida's ancestry was unknown for many years, but
a charter by her eldest (illegitimate) son refers to his mother as the
"Countess Ida" which pins her down to the wife of Roger Bigod. For
Ida's ancestry

King John
OF ENGLAND I

Generation No. 3

JOHN OF7 ENGLAND I
(HENRY OF6, GEOFFREYD'ANJOU5
PLANTAGENET IV, FULK4
V, FULK3 IV, GEOFFREY
II DE2 CASTINAIS,
GEOFFREY I
DE1) was born 24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House,
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and died 19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark,
Nottinghamshire, England. He married (1) AGATHA
DEFERRERS, daughter of WILLIAM
DEFERRERS and SYBIL
DEBRAOSE. She was born Abt. 1168
in Charltey, Staffordshire, England. He married (2) ISABELOF GLOUCESTER,
daughter of WILLIAM ROBERT
and HAWISEDE
BEAUMONT. She was born Abt.
1170, and died 14 Oct 1217. He married (3) ADELA
DEWARENNE. He married (4) ISABELLA
DETAILLEFER 24 Aug 1200 in
Bordeaux Cathedral, Gascony, France, daughter of AYMER
TAILLEFER and ALICE DECOURTENAY. She was born 1188 in Angoulême, Charente, France, and died 31
May 1246 in Fontevrault L'Abbe, Maine-et-Loire, France.

Notes for JOHN OF ENGLAND I:

KING JOHN, LACKLAND, the fifth son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born
at Oxford, 24 Dec. 1166, died at Newark Castle, Notts, 19 Oct. 1216, married,
first on 29 August 1189, Isabel, daughter of William, Earl of Gloucester;
married, second, in 1200, Isabel, daughter of Aymer de Taillefer, the Swordsmith.
She was the mother of all his children. John S. Wurts, in his Magna Charta,
pages 6 to 17, inclusive.

Page 6; "In case we have forgotten our English History, let us be
reminded that King John was a horrid person, an arbitrary and mercenary ruler,
who threw people into dungeons at the drop of a hat; married off wards of the
crown, young widows and pretty girls, to foreign adventurers and then collected
a nice percentage of the ward's fortunes from their husbands....... he greatly
increased the royal taxes and replenished his exchequer with the confiscated
property of the clergy.

Shortly after he became King, he quarreled with the Pope, who deposed him and
proclaimed him no longer King. John ignored the deposing, and made a gift to the
Pope of all the realm, crown and revenue, by written indenture, dated Monday, 13
May 1213. John then received the crown back as the Pope's tenant and vassal, at
a rental of a thousand marks for the whole kingdom, 700 for England and 300 for
Ireland.

Under this condition the Barons of England were only yeoman, or free-holders,
or copy-holders of King John, the free-holder of the Pope, and tiring of John's
tyranny, they called a conference, and one, after King John had left the Abbey
at Saint-Edmundsbury (where he had been asked to attend the conference, which
had been called by Stephen Langston, Archbishop of Canterbury), at which meeting
nothing was accomplished, the barons took a solemn oath on the high altar, that
they would stand united until they could compel the King to confirm their
liberties, or they would wage war against him to the death.

They did wage war, "a holy crusade against John to recover the liberties
their forefathers had enjoyed". Virtually powerless, and with nearly his
whole Baronage and the majority of his subjects of all degrees in arms against
him, he finally called his Barons to a conference. They said, "let the day
by the 15th of June and the place Runnemede". (which is in sight of Windsor
Castle, and was used as "the field of council").

In this way was brought about the GREATEST EVENT OF KING JOHN'S REIGN, the
veritable wresting from him of MAGNA CHARTA, granting rights to the people of
his realm, "an expression in written words of the principles of human
life", which had been either grossly neglected or altogether forgotten by
the King.

Section 61 of the Chart authorized the election of twenty five Surety Barons,
who would see that the previsions of the Charter were carried into effect. Their
names are not recorded in the Magna Charta, "but we learn them from Matthew
Paris' "Chronilca Majora"."

These Barons were astonishingly inter-related. Among them were several
instances of father and son, of father-in-law and son-in-law, of brothers and
cousins. Twenty of the twenty five were related in the degree of second cousin,
or nearer. Of these twenty five, only seventeen have descendants surviving to
the present day. They had a common descent from Charlemagne.

On the 15th day of June, 1215, more than two thousand Knights and Barons were
encamped on the field of Runnemede to await the coming of King John and secure
from him the rights of the people of England, although John had previously sworn
by "God's teeth", his favorite oath, that he would never agree to such
demands or any part of them.

(Runnemede was the "ancient meadow of council", and is within sight
of Windsor Castle. For ages, this had been crownland and rented for pasturage.
When it was proposed a few years ago ((from Crown Edition of Magna Charta,
Reprint 1945)), to sell the field of Runnemede to the highest bidder, a great
outcry arose. (The former Cara Rogers, now Lady Fairhaven, an American girl, a
member of the Magna Charta Dames, bought and presented to the British people the
field of Runnemede, as a memorial to her husband, to be kept for all time as a
sacred, historic spot.)

On 15 June 1215, before the day passed, the King affixed his seal to the
original, but preliminary draft known as the "Articles of the Barons",
which contained forty nine articles, setting forth the principles of the
Charter. The exact terms of the Charter were decided upon during the four days
that followed. On the 19th of June 1215, the great seal was affixed, presumably
to twenty five duplicate copies, perhaps one for each of the twenty five Surety
Barons, who were to see that King John kept his promises.

Neither the King, the Barons, nor the Knights could read or write, except a
few, but a scholar, who was the Secretary of the Baron of Kendal, had
accompanied him to Runnemede.

DESCENT OF ISAREL DE TAILLEFUR, second Wife of KING JOHN OF ENGLAND from
CHARLEMAGNE:

More About JOHN OF ENGLAND I:

Burial: Worcester, Cathedral

Notes for ISABELLA DETAILLEFER:

She was the mother of all his children. John S. Wurts, in his Magna Charta,
pages 6 to 17, inclusive.

More About ISABELLA DETAILLEFER:

Burial: Fontevraud Abbey

Joan OF ENGLAN

D

Generation No. 4

JOAN OF8 ENGLAND
(JOHN OF7, HENRY
OF6, GEOFFREYD'ANJOU5
PLANTAGENET IV, FULK4
V, FULK3 IV, GEOFFREY
II DE2 CASTINAIS,
GEOFFREY I
DE1) was born Abt. 1188 in London, Middlesex,
England, and died Feb 1236. She married LLYWELYNTHE GREAT
in England, son of IORWERTH GWYNEDD
and MARARED MADOG.
He was born 1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales, and died 11 Apr
1240 in Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales.

MAUD2
DECLIFFORD
(WALTER1)
was born Bet. 1234 - 1237 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, and died
May 1285 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. She married (1) JOHN
DELACY,
son of HENRY
DELACY
and MARGARET
DELONGESPEE.
He was born Abt. 1278, and died Bef. 1311. She married (2) JOHN
GIFFARD 1271 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. He was born 19 Jan 1241 in
Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England, and died 29 May 1299 in Boynton,
Wiltshire, England.

Robert DE LAC

Y

Generation No. 7

ROBERT5 DELACY (JOHN4,
HENRY3, EDMUND2,
JOHN1) was
born Bef. 1311. He married ELEANOR
BASKERVILLE, daughter of ROBERT
BASKERVILLE. She was born Abt. 1322.

Brian DE LACY

Generation No. 8

BRIAN6
DELACY
(ROBERT5,
JOHN4,
HENRY3,
EDMUND2,
JOHN1)
was born Abt. 1350. He married AMICIA
L'ARCEDEKNE.
She was born Abt. 1357.

John DE LAC

Y

Generation No. 9

JOHN7 DELACY (BRIAN6,
ROBERT5, JOHN4,
HENRY3, EDMUND2,
JOHN1) was
born Abt. 1380. He married ELLEN DECROMWELLBOTHAM. She was born Abt. 1389.

John DE LAC

Y

Generation No. 10

JOHN8 DELACY (JOHN7,
BRIAN6, ROBERT5,
JOHN4, HENRY3,
EDMUND2, JOHN1)
was born Abt. 1405, and died Aft. 05 Apr 1474. He married FLORENCE
MOLYNEUX, daughter of ROBERT
MOLYNEUX and ALICE NORREYS. She was
born Abt. 1408, and died Bef. 11 Apr 1442.

Gilbert DE LAC

Y

Generation No. 11

GILBERT9 DELACY (JOHN8,
JOHN7, BRIAN6,
ROBERT5, JOHN4,
HENRY3, EDMUND2,
JOHN1) was
born Abt. 1438, and died Aft. 28 Jun 1492. He married JOHANNA
ISABEL SOOTHILL. She was born Abt.
1439.

Gerald DE LAC

Y

Generation No. 12

GERALD10 DELACY (GILBERT9,
JOHN8, JOHN7,
BRIAN6, ROBERT5,
JOHN4, HENRY3,
EDMUND2, JOHN1)
was born Abt. 1460 in Yorkshire, England, and died Aft. 1492. He married JOAN
SYMES. She was born Abt. 1460.

MARGARET12 LACY (HUGH11,
GERALD10 DELACY, GILBERT9,
JOHN8, JOHN7,
BRIAN6, ROBERT5,
JOHN4, HENRY3,
EDMUND2, JOHN1)
was born Aft. 1510 in Yorkshire, England. She married WILLIAM
FERROR, son of EDWARD FERRERS and CONSTANCE
BROME. He was born 1514 in Ewood, Yorkshire, England.

RICHARD20
FERRIS (NICHOLAS19,
JOHN18
FERRARS, WILLIAM17
FERROR, EDWARD16
FERRERS, HENRY15,
THOMAS14
DEFERRERS,
WILLIAM13,
HENRY12,
WILLIAM11,
HENRY10,
WILLIAM9,
WILLIAM8,
WILLIAM7,
WILLIAM6,
WILLIAM5,
ROBERT4,
ROBERT3,
HENRY2,
WALCHELINDE1)
was born 1596 in London, Middlesex, England, and died Bet. 1637 - 1640 in
Henrico County, Virginia. He married SARAH
HAMBLETON
1637 in Henrico County, Virginia, daughter of JAMES
HAMBLETON
and MARION
BOYD.
She was born 1600 in England, and died 1677 in Henrico County, Virginia.

Notes for RICHARD
FERRIS:

Richard arrived in the colonies before 1636, and was claimed as a headright
of Robert Hallom of Henrico Co in 1636. His plantation was near that of the
Woodsons at Curles, Henrico, Co, VA. Richard Ferris had a plantation on the
south side of the James River, later owned by the Randolph family.

Born in London in 1596, son of Nicholas Farrar, Gent, and his wife Mary
Woodenworth. He arrived in Virginia June 2, 1636, transported by Robert Hollam.
(Cavaliers & Pioneers, p. 41.)

Robert Hallom lived at a place called "Curles", so named by a very
early English settler, William Curles. It is located on the north side of the
James River at one of the bends of that stream and he called this place "Curles
Neck", and it was known to the public as early as 1617. It was here that
Richard Ferris was located for some time before he removed to Varina Parish,
Henrico County, Va., to a place known as "White Oak Swamp," where the
family lived for about four generations.

ROBERT WOODSON deposed, June 1680,that he was "46 years of age or
thereabouts," and, 1 June 1696, that he was aged about 61. He married
Elizabeth Ferris, daughter of Richard Ferris. On 21 Oct 1687 Robert Woodson,
Richard Ferris and three others patented 1780 acres on White Oak Swamp in Varina
Parish and the same day he, John Woodson, Sr., and two others patented 470
acres, also in Henrico county. He held 1157 acres in Henrico County, 1704, and
died after 1 Oct 1707.

Robert Woodson, Sr. of Co. And Parish of Henrico, planter, for 1400 lbs. Of
tobacco, to Daniel

WARRINER, late
of this county ,dec'd, and to his sons John and Daniel WARRINER, land in

same parish on north side of James River, bounded by Thomas WILLIAMSON, John
WATSON,

the pig slash being 100
acres.

Dated 1 Oct 1707

Witnesses: Joseph PLEASANTS, Robert WOODSON, Jr.

Signed: Robert WOODSON, Sr.

Recorded: 1 Nov 1707

Robert Woodson, Jr

.

Generation No. 19

ROBERT3 WOODSON,
JR. (ROBERT2,
JOHN1) was
born 1660 in Curles, Henrico Co., VA, and died Feb 1729 in Curles, Henrico Co.,
VA. He married (1) ELIZABETH LEWIS
Bef. Apr 1688 in Henrico Co., VA. He married (2) SARAH
LEWIS Oct 1692 in Henrico County, Virginia, daughter of JOHN
LEWIS and ISABELA WARNER. She was
born 1664 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1710 in Henrico County,
Virginia. He married (3) RACHEL
WATKINS 09 Dec 1710 in Henrico Co., VA, daughter of HENRY
WATKINS and KATHERINE PRIDE. She
was born Bef. 1680 in Henrico Co., Virginia, and died 1729 in Henrico Co.,
Virginia.

Notes for ROBERT WOODSON,
JR.:

Robert Woodson was born between 1660 and 1664 in Curles, Henrico, Va.

The birth date of Robert Woodson is not proven. The two secondary sources
I've found give different dates, one 1660 and the other 1664. Tidewater Virginia
Families, page 405 says "Robert Woodson, Jr. was the son of Robert and
Elizabeth Woodson. He was born in Henrico Co. in 1664, from a deposition he gave
on April 1, 1687. He stated that he was about 23 years old at that time.
"Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections" gives the
date as about 1660 at Curles in Henrico Co., VA.

He died in 1729 in Henrico Co, VA.

The date of death has not been proven, but has been established from his
will, which was recorded in Henrico County in February 1729. He signed a will in
1729 in Henrico Co., VA.

The will of Robert Woodson, recorded Henrico Co., VA Feb 1729, mentions: to
son Stephen, the land that came in my possession by marriage with his mother,
also 50 acres that belonged to John Lewis; to son Joseph, a parcel in Goochland
Co. on WS Jennytoe Creek, up Rocky Branch and next to Joseph Parsons' line, also
a negro and items; to son Robert, the residue of land in Goochland on Jennytoe
Creek; to son Jonathan, land near White Oak Swamp between Richard Cocke, Edward
Mosby and Harryson, and his estate to be under the guardianship of my son
Stephen until he is 18; to Daughter Elizabeth, a negro and items; to daughter
Judith a negro and items; to daughter Agnes, a negro. [Colonial Henrico Wills,
Part I, 1677-1737, compiled by Benjamin Weisiger]

The will is also cited in the following publications:

a) "Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections"
Robert Woodson died in Henrico Co., VA in 1729. His will was recorded Feb 1729
and named 4 sons and 3 daughters.

b) "Tidewater Virginia Families" says he named 7 of his children in
the will: Stephen, Joseph, Robert, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Judith and Agnes
Woodson.

Robert Woodson appears to be the son of Robert Woodson and Elizabeth Ferris.
According to "Tidewater Virginia Families" by Virginia L. H. Davis,
there does not appear to be any record of the births of Robert's children, but
John Woodson, brother of the senior Robert Woodson, named his nephews, the
youngest children of his brother Robert, in his will. Robert was among those
named.

There is some questions as to how many times Robert Woodson married. The
"Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections" notes on
page 25 that he was twice married, first to Sarah Lewis, then to Rachel Watkins.
Tidewater Virginia Families says Sarah Lewis was his second marriage, the first
being Elizabeth Lewis, one of the orphans of John Lewis, Sr. deceased, and the
third marriage was to Rachel Watkins.

According to Tidewater Virginia Families, his marriage to Sarah Lewis, a
daughter of John Lewis, is on record in Henrico County, VA, the license returned
to the Henrico court in October 1692. "Records of Henrico Co.
1666-1771" IGA film #0908962, Lic. 11 Nov 1691 Robert Woodson Jr. to Sarah
Lewis. "The Annals and History of Henrico Parish Diocese of Virginia"
by J. Staunton Moore, includes the 1691 marriage of Robert Woodson, Jr. to Sarah
Lewis on page 226.

Also, according to The "Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their
Connections, " on page 33, their son Stephen was born about 1682 in Henrico
County.

According to the Historical Genealogy noted above, Sarah Lewis may have been
the sister of John Lewis of Warner Hall.

He was married to Sarah Lewis (daughter of John Lewis) in 1691 in St. John's,
Henrico Parish, VA.(6)

Other sources include: Tidewater Virginia Families, his marriage to Sarah
Lewis, a daughter of John Lewis, is on record in Henrico County, VA, the license
returned to the Henrico court in October 1692. "Records of Henrico Co.
1666-1771" IGA film #0908962, Lic. 11 Nov 1691 Robert Woodson Jr. to Sarah
Lewis. "The Annals and History of Henrico Parish Diocese of Virginia"
by J. Staunton Moore, includes the 1691 marriage of Robert Woodson, Jr. to Sarah
Lewis on page 226. Sarah Lewis was born in Probably Henrico Co., VA. She died in
probably in Henrico Co., VA. According to the "Historical Genealogy of the
Woodsons and Their Connections" compiled by Henry Morton Woodson and
published in 1915, Sarah Lewis may have been the sister of John Lewis of Warner
Hall. They also speculate she may have been the daughter of Major John Lewis and
his wife Isabella of Henrico.

Joseph Woodso

n

Generation No. 20

JOSEPH4 WOODSON
(ROBERT3, ROBERT2,
JOHN1) was
born 1685 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 02 Oct 1783 in Goochland County,
Virginia. He married ELIZABETH MATTOX.
She was born 1690 in New Kent, Virginia, and died 1715.

Sarah Woodso

n

Generation No. 21

SARAH5 WOODSON
(JOSEPH4, ROBERT3,
ROBERT2, JOHN1)
was born 1715 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and died 21 Apr 1785 in
Chesterfield County, Virginia. She married THOMAS
WOMACK Abt. 1729 in Chesterfield
Co., Virginia, son of RICHARD WOMACK
and ELIZABETH PUCKETT.
He was born Abt. 1706 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1782 in Chesterfield
Co., Virginia.

Josiah Womack

JOSIAH5
WOMACK
(THOMAS4,
RICHARD3,
RICHARD2,
WILLIAM1)
was born Abt. 1732 in Chesterfield Co., Virginia, and died Bef. 04 Dec 1800 in
Nottoway Co., Virginia. He married KEZIAH
WILKINSON
Abt. 1765, daughter of JOHN
WILKINSON
and JANE.
She was born Abt. 1748 in Amelia Co., Virginia, and died 1810 in Nottoway Co.,
Virginia.

Josiah Womack (c.1730-1800 ) first appears on record in the Chesterfield
tithe list C.1753. He witnessed an Amelia Co. deed in 1762 (GET CITATION- -CAN'T
FIND IT), and in May 1763, the Chesterfield County Court judged a slave Jerry
belonging to Josiah Womack to be six years old (CO 2: 403 ). In 1772, Josiah is
designated "of Chesterfield Co.," when he purchased land in Amelia
County from Thomas Ball ( Amelia DB 11: 492 ). He is found in the Amelia Tax
lists for 1782 ( Listed with 6 whites and four blacks ), and 1785 ( seven
whites, 1 dwelling, and three other buildings ). He also appears on the 1787
list, apparently in Nottoway Parish, which became Nottoway County in 1789. On 31
Jan. 1786, however, Richard Harrison of Georgia sold in 200 acres on Juniper
Creek in Lunenburg Co. to Josiah Womack, designated of Amelia Co. ( Amelia DB
14: 228 ).

Josiah Womack married Keziah Wilkinson, dau. of John Wilkinson, whose will of
18 Dec. 1773 in Amelia County names his daughter Keziah Womack ( WB 2: 345 ).
Josiah Womack made his will in Nottoway County 18 Sep. 1800; it was offered for
probate 4 Dec. 1800 ( WB 1: 412). He made bequests to his wife, two sons, and
four daughters.

Will of Josiah Womack 15th or 18th of September 1800

In the name of God Amen, I josiah Womack of the Nottoway County, long sick
and weak but of sound and perfect mind & memory do make and ordain this my
last will & testament in manner and form following.

Item I lend unto my beloved wife the plantation & land whereon I now live
also I lend my said wife one negro man named Jerry with half of my house hold
and kitchen furniture also one horse named Ellick also four cows & calves
& also all my stock of sheep during her life.

Item I give and bequeath unto my sons William Womack & Bird Womack my
tract of land lying in Prince Edward County to be equally divided to them and
their heirs.

Item I give and bequeath unto my three daughters Edith Womack, Willy Womack
and Eliza Womack my tract of land in Lunenburg County to be equally divided to
them and their heirs also my tract of land wheron I now live after the death of
my wife, to them and their heirs,

Item I give and bequeath unto my son William Womack one negro man named
Abraham to him and his heirs,

Item I give and bequeath unto my son Bird Womack one negro man named _ay to
him and his heirs,

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Edith Womack one negroe named Addy
to her and her heirs, Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Willy Womack one
negroe boy named _ and olph to her and her heirs,

Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza Womack one negroe boy named
Aron to her and her heirs,

Item my will and desire is all the rest of my Estate after my just debts is
paid to be Equally divided between my five children, William Womack, Bird
Womack, Edith Womack, Willy Womack and Eliza Womack.

Item I give and bequeath the personal estate which I have lent unto my
beloved wife after her death to be equally divided amongst my five children to
wit William Womack, Bird Womack. Edith Womack, Willy Womack, & Eliza Womack
to them and their heirs, lastly I nominate and appoint my loving wife Executive
and my son William Womack & William Coswell jur to my last will and
testament is _____ my hand & seal this 18? day of September one thousand
eight hundred.

signed sealed and delivered his

in presence of Josiah X Womack (seal)

Griffin Lamkin mark

John Hayns

Carter Hamlet

Obediah Nunnaly

In Nottoway County Court December 4th 1800.

This last will and testament of Josiah Womack deceased was offered for proof
in William Womack one of the executers therein named and was proven in the oaths
of Griffin Lamkin and John Hayns two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be
recorded where upon Keziah Womack widow of the said Josiah Womack came into
court and declared that she would not take or accept the provison made for her
by this will or any part thereof exon___ all benefits which she might claim by
the said will and on the motions of the said give a certificate is granted him
for obtaining a probate will be having taken the oath of and give & with
Josiah Thompson and Freeman Jordan his executors entered a bond acknowleged a
bond according to court.

Teste Porter Randolph cl c

truly recorded teste

Thomas Todd

WB 1. 412

William Womack

William Womack was born Abt. 1765 in Chesterfield Co.,
Virginia, and died Bef. Nov 1828 in Campbell Co., Virginia.He married CATHERINE BLANKENSHIP 1808 in Campbell
Co., Virginia, daughter of HENRY BLANKENSHIP and NANCY POTTER.She was born Abt. 1792 in Campbell County, Virginia, and died 08 Jun 1856
in Lynchburg, Campbell Co., Virginia.

1818: William Womack sat on jury, (Campbell County, VA., court order, book 15,
page 138); Petticrew Exer. (Vs.) Jones.
1820: (Census) William Womack, Campbell County, VA., lived next door to Henry
Blankenship, (son of Hudson Blankenship who had established the trade route ca.,
1756 from Richmond, to Lynchburg, to Charlotteville, to areas in and around a
village that had sprung up, now Bristal, Tennessee.) Hudson was a "Tinner"
(trader) and builder.
Womack, William 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blankenship,
1828: It is assumed at this point William Womack has passed away. Campbell
County Order Book 18, page 187 , (William's Sons) William Womack, James Womack,
and William Reynolds bound out by overseers of the poor. (This was the
custom---if one of the parents was deceased and the family not wealthy enough to
pay for "education" ).

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#givenName=Catherine&p=recordResults&searchType=close&surname=Womack&year=1600&toYear=1810&collection=fs%3A1708698
It shows the marriage of Catherine Womack, dau of William & Catherine
Womack, in 1856 in Lynchburg, VA. It says she was born in 1811 in Nottoway Co,
VA. The
tax records I have show that William Womack, son of Josiah Womack & Keziah
Wilkinson, was listed as tax payer in Nottoway from 1799-1807, often right next
to his father or mother. I think it is a good bet this was you William.
-Robert

For years I assumed our William was the son of Francis, son of Thomas Womack and
Mary Farley based on others research and LDS records that can never be trusted.
I always had my doubts for lack of records, however based on the DNA evidence
from the Womack DNA project showing my DNA match more likely from Richards line
and the above paragraph indicate Josiah Womack and Keziah Wilkenson as the
likely parents of our William. (more research needed)

Letters
The following letters were written to William Womack son of William Womack and
Catherine Blankenship. They have been typed just as the originals were written.
The originals are in the possession of Nelda Womack, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Campbell County March 11, 1835

My Dear Son,

Through the goodness and kind providence we are yet spard but not well. I have
bin sick ever since last fall, sometimes veary bad, but thank God I have got
some better. I hope these lines will shortly be in your hands that now goes from
me your poor afflicted mother and hope they may find you enjoying good health
and that your mind and notions are turning toward Virginia again.

Oh, My William, What could posess you to leave all your friends and go so far
away? Do my dear child come back and let me see you once more. I hope you have
no family to take care of and if you have not you can do as well here as you
need to --- and here you would be with your friends which ought to be more
satisfaction to you than to be with no connections at all.

Your brother James is living with Mr. Austin learning the Carpenter,s trade and
says he will try to find you as soon as he can, but you my William, come in and
work with James. He gets fifty-five dollars this year.

Dear Son, I must now inform you we received letter from you in june last and
answered it in a few days and have not heard nor seen a word from you since.
Your sister Catherine and James and Larkin and John.... your brothers heard it
read. Leroy was in Lynchburg and Larkin is living with him at Mr. John Thirmons
(?) learning the saddlers trade. I have not seen your sister Catherine nor
Joseph nor James since before Christmas.

I am living with Mr. Little. He is overseer for Mr. Richard Chilton at the tole
gate trading in Lynchburg. You are well acquinted with the place. Mr. Little
says he intends to try to come next fall if he can. He wants to know how the
price of everything generally is. His wages this year is a hundred and fifty
dollars, 5 barrels corn and five hundred weight of pork and a milk cow.

Let us know if you are much pleased with the Illinois State and what sort of a
place it is and be sure to let us know in your letter whither you intend to come
and see us or stay with us and when we may look for you. I hope you will start
as soon as you get this for we want to see you much. None of your brothers nor
your sister Catherine is not present but all want to see you and would join me
in love to you. Little Mary Catherine says you must come here. My Dear Son I
feel sorely at this time. I can hardly set to rite. I must conclude my letter.
Answer this as soon as possible and direct your letter to Lynchburg Post Office.
Also direct it to Mr. John Little.

I remain your loving mother untill death,
Catherine P. Womack

Sent To: Mr. William Womack
Sangamon County -- Panter Creek Post Office
State of Illinois

I now with the help of kind providence take this opportunity to write you a few
lines. I am not well, but am always poly, and am more so now than I was when you
left me. I have been with your brother Joseph's family ever since the first of
August and Joseph and James joines with me writeing to you. They have had bad
coles but have got better of them. Your sisters and younger brothers was well
when I heard from them last. They are all living in Lynchburg.

I hope dear William these few lines will find you injoying good health and now I
will try to inform you your favoured letter came to hand perhaps about the
middle of september which informed us you had been veary sick with the ague and
fever. Mr. Little received your letter in town. As I understood he was veary
unwell I suppose at that time and was taken veary shortly after that with the
severe fever and died the 25th day of September and was brought from near
Lynchburg Whare he lived to Goodmans Graveyard and was buried about ten days
before he was. Same lay veary low for a long time but has recovered.

Dear Son, when death parts loving friends we must submit, but when loving
children will take themselves far away in a distant land leaving all connections
behind for no cause, it is grievious. William reflect on this-you are my flesh
and my bone and I cannot come to you but you can come to me. If the Lord please,
I hope I shall see you this Spring if life and health permit. James has bin
veary anctious to wander as you have done, but now he finds himself a doing
veary well. He is getting twelve dollars per month and has nearly got his trade
and says you can get more here to work in plantation business than you get whare
you are.

Joseph wishes you would come. He wants to move to some part of the World whare
he can do better for his family, but I do not expect he will ever more many
miles from whare he is. They have three children- William Henry, Mary Ann
Rebecah, and Elizabeth Jane.

I hope son William you have no inclination to have a family yet and if so I do
truly wish you to come immediately. You can get work aplenty. James would be so
glad for you to come and work with him. He has been with Mr. Austin Lane--this
is the fourth year. He gave him wages every year and has nearly got his trade
and he would hire you at a word if you would come. You must come now. When you
get this you must sit down and write a few lines that you will be here in a
veary short time if the Lord permits and then collect on what you have owing to
you and start immediately, and it would please me well. O William don't let me
be disappointed in my hope of seeing you once more in this world. I expect to go
to Lynchburg veary shortly to stay with the guerls and when you write to me
direct your letter to Lynchburg Post Office. James wants you to write to him and
direct his to Campbeel Courthouse. Be certain to answer this as soon as
possible, dear son. I must conclude with our best love to you and all the best
wishes that a mother can afford, so farewell sweet William my son for this time.

My Veary Dear and Loving Son,
I once more by the help of providence take the pen in hand to write you a few
lines. We received your letter dated the 14th ov November. I do not mind exactly
the time, but it found us in tolerable health except your brother Larkin. He was
veary low at that time with the fever. He lived untill the thirteenth day after
he was taken without eating anything except chicken water and some kind of tea.
Nothing else was allowed him untill the thirteenth day and then one spoonful of
veary thin mush and a half cup of milk.

You must expect my dear William that my dear Larkin was most gone and so he did
seem to be but he was willin to die, as Mrs.____ told me, the lady whare he
lives. His and your sister Catherine nursed him in his sickness, but I went
severil times while he lay sick, which I think was about six weeks cinfinement
to the house, but the Lord was pleased to raise him from the bed of affliction
and I saw him last thirsday evening. He was in good health of body and of soul
too apparently. He is a veary pious youth and if you hear him preaching the
Gospel you need not be at all alarmed. He has commenced going to school and is
free the 27th of next January and seems to take such delight in the ways and
worship of God. And John is still going on in religious ways, And O my William
do you not think that a grate comfort to me? And would it not be a greater one
still to hear in your next letter you embraced religion? You say in your letter
you nor your wife had not profest religion, and you have regular meetings with
the Methodists, Baptists, and Presbiterians.

Well, my son, so you and your wife attend to preaching and do you wish to get
religion? Then if you do get down on your knees and pray to God to have mercy on
you and show you your sinful state that you are in by nature for ye must be born
again or ye cannot see the Kingdom of God. Oh, my William. read the bible a
great deal and attend to preaching and if there is any revival out with you
write me word in your next letter and I pray you my dear son and daughter in
law, be you both at the alter that the people of God may pray for your dear
souls.

When you read this think on whom it is ritten these few lines once more. Tis
your dear old mother, and I pray you remember what I say to you on this paper
and let it sink deep in your minds. What doth it profit a man to gain the hole
world and lose his own soul? oh, my son, try to save your precious ans never
dying soul. Lay not up treasures on earth whare moth and rust doth corrupt and
whare theves brake through and stele, but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven whare neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and whare theves do not brake
through nor steal, for whare your treasure is there will your heart be also. let
us all try to meet in heaven.

Now I must inform you we are in common health at present as far as I know and
hope this will find you and all yours in good health. I have not seen Joseph
since before last Christmas. He has gone to Halifax to live. I saw James not
long since. He was in common health.

Now Dear Son, do you not think of ever coming home to see us? We would be so
glad to see you and your little family. John says he thinks you might come if
you try rite. And now William, try and come and let us know in your next letter
whither you intend to try and come. So farewell, my William, for this time. Your
brothers nor sisters Catherine is not preasent to joine with me in love to you
and family but you may except of it with mine.

My dear William,
I now joine with your brother Larkin. He seems to wish you all the good he can
for your soules salvation and so do I, and re-read his letter, my son, untill
you can understand it and meditate on it also. Altho he is younger than you he
is much improved in religion and expects to joine the next conference. He seems
to be much respected for his piety and seems to delight in religious worship
very much. O my William, I wish you and all my other children were as earnest in
gaining your soul's salvation as my dear Larkin is.

Dear Son, I have written a letter to you some months back. I have not received
any answer from it yet for which cause I expect you have not received it, as we
understand in Leroy's letter received from you that you have moved three hundred
miles from whare you was living. And why could you not have come nearer to us as
well as to go no farther from us? I may say farewell, for my William I may never
expect to see you any more in the land amongst the living.

Well, dear son, answer this as soon as possible and let us know whether you have
embraced religion yet and whither you are trying for that blessing and your dear
companion with you. O strive to get to heaven and teach your children to learn
the way...

Dear children, excuse all amiss on this paper. James and Leroy is both married
as we understand. None of us was at the marriages. James was married when in
Pitsylvaney to a Miss Yancy.

I must conclude. Our love to you and family. I am your affectionate mother
untill death.
Catherine A. Womack
Sent to:
Mr. William Womack
Jo Davis County
Galena, Illinois
______________________________________

Larkin Womack

1. LARKIN A. WOMACK was born January 27, 1822 in Campbell Co., VA, and died 1886
in Scott Co., AR. He married (1) MARY CATHERINE TAYLOR Abt. 1845, daughter of
JORDAN TAYLOR. She was born 1826 in Buckingham Co., VA, and died Aft. December
06, 1868 in Coffee Co., TN. He married (2) RUTH MORRIS MEEKS 1878 in Coffee Co.,
TN. She was born March 24, 1836, and died January 12, 1911 in Scott Co., AR.

Larkin was a Methodist in Lynchburg, Virginia. During the Civil War he owned a
hotel in Tennessee and turned it into a Confederate Hospital at that time. It is
said to be still standing in Coffee County. He was very much a southern man, a
definite confederate.

Larkin Womack, William D. Taylor and Charles H. Taylor, were all "Tinners"
(Traders) just as Hudson Blankenship who established the route to and from
Bristol and his son Henry Blankenship who lived next door to William and
Catherine Womack 1820 in Campbell County, Virginia. Larkin (per tax records,
paid taxes in Buckingham County, VA., thru 1856.) Larkin and Mary Taylor lived
in Bristal Co., Tennessee. Real estate value $ 2400. His neighbor on one side
was Rev., James C. King and wife whose daughter had married the banker Joseph R.
Anderson. on the other side of Larkin was a hotel. Per deeds, after June 1860,
Larkin purchased lots 46,64,and 66. which included the Exchange Hotel and this
property included all between 4th Street and 6th Street (now Olive Street).

All of the pay vouchers for Larkin Womack Private, Co. K, 4th VA., Rgt., Case.,
Fitzhugh Lee Brigade, under Captain Heath and Lt. Terry have not been found--but
those we have indicate that by August 1863, he was in this company, he had
enlisted for "three years or end of War" and he had been paid through
1 June 1864 --so we assume he was still in this company April 1865 . This
Regiment had been re-organized and 10th company had been added. May 23,1862 the
day Fannie Otey Womack was born, it appears Kate was returning to Buckingham
Co., VA., for the births of her children but due to the War , had evacuated to
Richmond, Many of the Taylors were staying in homes on Franklin Street,
Richmond, VA., (as was Mrs. Robert E. Lee during this period).

After the birth of their last child, Mary Taylor passed away as a result of
birth complications. Years later Larkin married Ruth Morris Meeks (our lineage)
and had George Farris Womack.

Buried, Pilot Prarie Cemetery, Scott County, AR.

SOURCE: F. Mae Doria, 1303 Nor Vandalia, Tulsa, OK., (deceased). Larkin was an
apprentice to John Thurmond, Lynchburg, Va., a saddler. He was a preacher,
Mason, a Democrat and served in the C.S.A. He was located in 1844 at Lynchburg,
Va; in 1846 in NC.; in 1850 he was in Buckingham Co., Va., in 1860 in Sullivan
Co., Tn.; 23 May 1863 in Richmond, Va.; Apr 1865 at Appomattox with Fitzburge
Lee; in 1866 in Tn.; in 1880 in Coffee Co., Tn.; 1883 - 1899 in Waldron, Scott
Co., Ar.

The following letter was written by Larkin, to his older brother William in
Illinois.

Lynchburgh, Virginia February 28, 1843

Dear Brother,

I take this opportunity to inform you that we are in common health at present,
what few thare is of us togather. And I hope these few lines may finde you all
injoying good health.

Dear Brother, we received your letter directed to Leroy sometime since and I was
very glad to heare from you and to find that you were on this side of eternity
for I had not heard from you for so long. I did not know whither you were dead
or alive. But it would have comforted me mutch more if I could have heard that
you were on your way to heaven, as I know not whither we shall ever meet again
in this world, but I hope that we shall in a betterone. And now I wish you to
make a start for heaven and try to meeta brother who loves your soul.

I feel it my duty to warn you of your doom for without holyness noman can see
the face of God in peace. My friend, do you know whare youare going? Have you
reflected what you are engaged in? Is it an object you will be able to think
upon tomorrow with pleasure? Wold you pursue it if you were sure you would die
tonight? Have you asked God, or can you ask God to bless it? If you have not
done this, if you cannot do this, then reflect. For all these things God will
bring you into judgement. Ecclesiastes 11:9.

Stop and consider before it is too late. Thare is yet time but you know not how
short it may bee. O flee to the Savior for the pardon of your sins - pray that
devine grace may be given you. Entreat the Holy Spirit to convince you of the
evil of sin and its dredful consequences and to influence your heart and mind to
those things which alone can bring you peace at the last. Read the Bible. All
these things are taught therein.

Resides, the heavenly world with all its glory and felicity would be a place of
torment to an unholy mind. Shold the sinner with his unholy heart and character
be admited into the regions of the blessed what would he find suited to his
desires and reigning temper of heart? He would find the character of everything
totally opposed to his own. He would find himself perfectly alone - no one to
associate with him among all the millions of heavenly host.

As I expect ere long to be standing on the walls of Zion to proclame the glad
tidings of Christ to a lost and ruined world and now I proclame to you and
beseack you by heaven to repent and believe the gospel before it shall be
everlastingly too late. I know not that I shall ever see you again in this
world, but I hope ere long we shall shack hands on the banks of eternal
deliverence....whatever you find amiss forgive.

Notes for THOMAS W. WOMACK:
President Roosevelt and "cousin Bonepart" sent him to Mexico under the
name of "George Miles", to develop natural resources he owned two
mines the "Rosewood" and "Mahogany". He became a millionare
- bought his sister Fanny a grocery store, sent Ollie and Lillie to school. He
was murdered on his front porch by unknown assassins.

On the day Fannie was born there was a battle at Savage Station near
Mechanicsville, in Richmond, VA.. the horns and whistles had alerted all men and
boys who could carry arms to the battle. Larkin (her father) and family were
there. The women stood on the tops of hills and roof tops watching their men and
boys fight. Mary C, Taylor gave birth to Fannie during this battle.

George Farris Womack

GEORGE FARRIS WOMACK was born May 03, 1880 in Coffee Co., TN, and died December
27, 1941 in Okfuskee Co., OK. He married RACHAEL MARY AUSMUS Abt. 1900 in OK,
daughter of DAVID AUSMUS and ELIZA SESSIONS. She was born February 04, 1882 in
Scott Co., AR, and died March 12, 1960 in Contra Costra, CA.

Earnest Elijah Womack

EARNEST ELIJAH WOMACK was born December 24, 1910 in Boles, Scott Co., AR, and
died April 06, 1997 in Newcastle, McClain Co., OK. He married SARAH CATHERINE
LAMBERT, in Okemah, Okfuskee Co., OK, daughter of WILLIAM LAMBERT and VIRGIE
MITCHELL. She was born in Kiowa, OK., and still living in Oklahoma.

Bobby Ernest Womack

BOBBY ERNEST WOMACK was born in Weleetka, Okfuskee Co., OK. He married (1) ARTI
LEE STATON in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK, daughter of RICHARD STATON and
IDA STANLEY. She was born in Waldon, OK. He married (2) LOLA BELLE PAGE. She was
born in Olive, OK.. He married (3) COZENE ELIZABETH BROWN in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma Co., OK, daughter of ROSCOE BROWN and LOVETA HAMPTON. She was born in
Coal Co., OK.

GARY DWAYNE WOMACK:
Gary Is the natural son of Cozene Elizabeth Brown and Hobert Brasher (deceased),
adopted son of Bobby Ernest Womack

Roger Gail Womack

ROGER GAIL WOMACK was born in Blanchard, McClain Co., OK. He
married MARTA LEE FLEENOR-PETERSON, in Davie, Broward Co., FL, Marta was the
birth daughter of JOHN FLEENOR and PATSY TATE. She was born in Sacramento, CA.

Marta, wife of the compiler of this genealogy was the natural child of John
Fleenor and Patsy Bell Tate. Marta was adopted at 5 months old by Robert Clayton
Peterson and Phillis Lee Williams, the only parents she ever knew. In 1994 she
found her birth mother Patsy Bell Tate. Patsy's mother was a Hardin, related to
John Wesley Hardin (Murderer). Her birth father John Fleenor had passed away.

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